Criminal – Ineffective assistance – Immigration consequences

Where a defendant claims on appeal that his admission to sufficient facts on one count of assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon was constitutionally defective because defense counsel failed to advise him of the immigration consequences of his admission, the matter must be remanded for an evidentiary hearing and for findings on the issue of prejudice in light of the ruling in Commonwealth v. Clarke, 460 Mass. 30 (2011).